The World Famous Carnival Cruise Lines' Warm Chocolate Melting Cake (Photo courtesy of
Carnival Cruise Lines)
Those of you who have been on a Carnival cruise recently are probably very aware of how divine the chocolate melting cake is for dessert. For those who haven't been on a Carnival cruise, you can now enjoy this classic dessert in your very own home.
The chocolate melting cake used to be either a special order or only served on certain nights on the cruise. The dessert became so popular because of its richness and delicious taste that Carnival has now put it on the menu for dinner every night. Your Charlotte Cruise Ships Examiner has also been known to order two or three of these beauties after a nice dinner, and rightfully so. Once you taste it, you are instantly hooked.
The chocolate melting cake is also vegetarian friendly. As a vegetarian myself, I appreciate this because I can eat it without remorse. But vegans should beware: the melting cake does include eggs and butter. That being said, you can use egg substitute and butter substitute, however, from personal experience, it is not nearly as "good".
According to the new Carnival newsletter, The Funville Times, the recipe for the chocolate melting cake is as follows:
- 8 ounces of semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter
- 7 eggs, divided use
- 6 tablespoons of sugar
- 1/2 cup of flour
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Melt the chocolate and butter and cool for 10 minutes. In a separate bowl, mix four eggs with sugar. Whisk. Then add flour and whisk. Add the remaining three eggs and add the egg mixture to the chocolate mixture. Pour this entire mixture into individual ramekins. Bake until just done, about 15-20 minutes (interior will be melting). Serve with vanilla ice cream.
If this seems like hard work to you, then there is also a suitable alternative: book a Carnival cruise and enjoy as many of these beauties as you can during your cruise. Contact your local travel agent for more information.
Enjoy this wonderful dessert and stay tuned for more of the cruise experience in future articles. Until then, Bon Voyage (and Bon Appetit)!
Comments
This would be pretty easy to alter & make Gluten Free. I'm going to have to try it sometime, it sounds delicious!!
you have no clue what your missing! i went on that cruise, oh my goodness! so delicious! like mouth watering
This sounds delish! Will give it a try.
I made this last night 15 at 375 bakes it as solid as any cake. Next time I will try 10 minutes or less.
I made this tonight,20 mins @, 375F, it was overcooked with only a spoonful or so "melting" I will try 10-15 mins next time. It was still good but somehow not as fabulous as I remember from my last cruise.
this thing taste delicious i had it every night on my cruise.
Carl,
You're not alone. A lot of clients that we book on Carnival cruise trips at Cayole Cruises ( www.Cayole.com ) tell us that they eat the chocolate melting cake at every chance they get - at least once a day!
They are awesome. I had one every night after dinner on the ship So now I have to make them at home starting tonight.
I missed this the first night of my cruise but had it every other night!! It was a chocoholic's dream come true!! I ate well and took the stairs instead of the elevator and gained 0 pounds!! I'm soooooo excited to have the recipe!!
HOw many servings does this make? Boy, this is a rich dessert, mostly chocolate and butter and eggs.
Paul - I believe that it will make 8 servings, depending on how large your ramekins are. The last batch we made yielded 6 servings, because ours were larger.
I tried this tonight. It was all cake. What did I do wrong?? I baked it 18 minutes. HELP!! I loved it on the cruise last week and am addicted.
Jean - I'm not sure. You may have overcooked it. Try it maybe slightly lower temperature and/or time cooked. It could be a trial-and-error based on different ovens - although they should be uniform!! :-) If you have any other troubles, feel free to contact me through email.
We had this on our cruise it was great. Tried it today at home only needs about 12 minutes. Also trying to find the white chocolate bread pudding from cruise it was just as good. Enjoy!
I've never been on a cruise so not sure if this is the right recipe, but my niece gave me this recipe with the same name and it is delicious! It's very cinnamony. In fact, it reminded me of a king cake so I now make it and add a filling with cream cheese, blueberry or strawberry pie filling and confectioners' sugar. Kind of a king cake pudding.
White Chocolate Bread Pudding
Pudding:
1 loaf bread
6 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups milk
2 tbls cinnamon
3 tbls vanilla
Beat eggs in mixing bowl, then add sugar & mix. Once eggs and sugar are blended, add milk, cinnamon, & vanilla & mix. Tear bread into pieces & mix. (I usually take a whisk and mash it and stir it until mushy & all bread is well soaked.) Pour mixture into greased baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until top is browned.
**HINT: If using a glass baking dish, fill a metal baking pan with about 1 inch of water and place glass baking dish inside the pan of water to avoid scorching the bottom of the pudding. If you use an aluminum foil disposable pan, you don't need the pan of water...it doesn't burn in the foil pans!
White Chocolate Sauce:
1 cp Nestle' white chocolate morsels
1 cp heavy whipping cream
Heat whipping cream until it starts to boil. Remove from fire and add morsels, stirring with whisk until well blended. (Note: You may have to put it back on a low fire to fully melt all morsels.)
Pour white chocolate sauce over bread pudding.
My three children loved this dessert so much that they wouldn't have anything else on the cruise and they want me to make it at home. I also had this dessert and I loved it. I found your sight through google by recommendation of a friend. Thanks for the recipe.
I have been on 7 Carnival cruises and I think it's the only dessert I've had on any of them, except when we have a special birthday cake from the coffee shop (chocolate one) which is fantastic. Won't my fellow Carnival cruising buddies be pleasantly surprised to see this dessert sitting in front of them when they come for dinner :)
this is the BEST dessert I have ever tasted! I am glad I found this website to get the recipe.
This is too funny...my husband got the recipe on the "Behind the Fun Tour" on the Dream. Its different!
6oz chocolate, 6oz butter, 4 eggs, 6oz sugar and 2oz flour ???
I made 4 of the 10oz ramekins and cooked at 390F for 15 min. Delish! Turned out perfect but very rich and will make 6oz ramekins next time and reduce baking time significantly.
On the Transatlantic cruise, our table ordered it several times and sometimes it was perfect with the sauce in the centre and other times it came like a solid cake, too. LOL :O)
My family, friends and I love this on every cruise...have never, ever had it less than perfect. Soooo happy to have the recipe but can't wait 'til our next cruise to enjoy " the real thing".
I love this but i find this in a couple of other places besides the Carnival Cruise.
We just returned last night from our cruise and I couldn't wait to hunt for this recipe. Absolutely the most delicious thing I've ever had and I can't wait to try and make it myself.
i'm a child and i love chocolate cake but i don't really think i could cook this 1 .thats just me you know so but my mum and dad could do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amazing, glad to know we were not the only ones to have it every night on our cruise!
Ellen We will try this soon and let you know.
I just came back from a Carnival Liberty cruise and I must say I must have had close to a dozen of these in my whole 7 night trip. It is absolutely incredible so I will try to makee this myself
We came home from the Western Caribbean last night after 7 days on the Dream. It was wonderful. I had the melting cake 7 nights in a row. I found that you can ask your waiter for runny, medium or well done. We usually ordered it medium and he hit it every time.
I went on the carnival freedom for the 7 day cruise and i had this every night and i will make it more often now that i know how and that i miss it
Wow. This is the best dessert ever and now i can make it at home with this recipe! I can't wait to get in the kitchen and make this. Every night on the carnival cruises I went on, I awaited dessert just so I could get this!
HOLY COW!!! Thanks for posting this!!! I can't wait to make it... had a blast on the Freedom last week. Now, does anyone have the recipe for those crazy good vanilla-cake waffles they had at breakfast??? I hate waffles, but those were to DIE for!!! Thanks!
Ive been on 4 carnival cruises and had this like every night cuz its like the best food ever
My cousin was on a cruise and made this desert for me when she got back and it was AWESOME!
This stuff is what sin is made from. I like it. :D
here we go ladies . . .
I had melting cake every night when i went on the carnival liberty cruise ship.I loved it!!:]
how many does it make?
I have tried 2 times to make the choc. melting cake and the middle is never runny. I even tried baking it for only 10 minutes, still no runnung center. What do I do wromg? No, I don't over whisk.
i usually just put the chocolate and butter part in then i pour the egg flour and sugar part in :)
Mary - you may want to decrease the heat to see if that helps.
we got a totally different recipe as well and i just got home from a crusie on the Carnival Legend.. Does anyone know if it is plain flour or self rising? and my recipe says to cook it at 200degrees for 30 mins
I have made this twice since my cruise a year ago. It's regular all purpose flour. I've also used cake flour. (Not self rising). Cake flour came out better. I also used Extra Large eggs and baking chocolate, not chocolate chips. Depends on your oven how long and how hot to cook it... i've never made it in my own oven, only my friends.... it's 375 for 15 minutes in their oven. a Water Bath might help.... you definitely want to err on the side of undercooked with this one!
I am having withdrawls from not having my chocolate melting cake. I need to try and make it, we just got back from a seven day cruise to Alaska on the Carnival Spirit and I had this cake every night. It is heaven to eat this cake.
Oh my goodness! This is my favorite! Had it every single night for dessert, by far the BEST!
Just came back from my cruise on the Carnival Pride today. The recipe for this dessert wasn't in the recipe book they sold on the ship, and I swore I was going to look it up as soon as possible! I had this dessert several times throughout the cruise. I tried other desserts but kept coming back to this one! Absolutely Delish!
Tried the recipe with 7 eggs and after it was baked, had it with a scoop of vanilla. You could taste the egg in the cake even though it was well mixed.......any ideas or suggestions?
My husband also got the recipe on the "Behind the Fun' Tour on the Carnival Pride and it is different that the one listed above. It says...
6 oz Dark Chocolate
6 oz Butter
4 ea Eggs
6 oz Sugar
2 oz Flour
Bake at 390F for 14 minutes
It also says to make sure the eggs are at room temperature and chocolate is warm enough while making the mixture. Going to try making it tomorrow.
How did it turn out?
Wow that does look very yummy
I just got back from a carnival cruise and this is to die for. The best chocolate cake I ever had!
Just got back from a cruise on Carnival's Inspiration. This cake is to die for! Will make it tonight.
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